Bassmaster Elite Power Pole Citrus Slam Day 2: Alton Still in Control

Jones Continues to Lead After Two Days.

Power- Pole Citrus Slam

St. Johns River Palatka, Fla. March 17-20 
By Luigi De Rose
           
Day 2

Alton working his magic.
(Photo: James Overstreet BASS)

Consistency has been the name of the game on the St. John's River. Florida and spawning fishing are always a crap shoot. The sighfisherman have continued to dominate and capitalize on landing the big ones. KVD had the day's largest bass at 9-5.  Many also brought in a good kicker bass and that has made the difference between placing within the top 50.  Last weekend's champion Shaw Grigsby's day 2 catch of 29-08 on the Harris Chain of Lakes would be good enough to rank him 16th here. The fishing has been difficult and anglers have really had to work hard to catch them.

Expect some better catches tomorrow after the field is cut in half. The decrease in boat traffic will greatly influence the bass. Less motors and fewer lures means less spooky bass. Many on Lake George really were fishing boat to boat within the weed flats.

Saturday might be better than today. There is a likelihood of more spawners coming to the beds. Edwin Ever's expressed his disappointment of losing two different 5 pound class bass minutes before weigh-in. Edwin already had one beast and two extra five pounders would have launched him straight to the top on this tight tournament.  He wasn't the only one to realize Saturday might result in better catches. Often, seeing new spawners late in the day is a precursor to what will happen tomorrow.

We'll have to wait and see. 

Results 
                                    day 1    day 2       total
1 Alton Jones             5 26- 9 5 22-13 10 49- 6
2 J Todd Tucker         5 20- 8 5 21- 5 10 41-13
3 Terry Scroggins      5 17- 3 5 22-13 10 40- 0
4 Edwin Evers             5 16- 8 5 22- 5 10 38-13
5 Billy McCaghren     5 20-11 5 15-11 10 36- 6
6 Kevin VanDam        5 17- 3 5 17-13 10 35- 0
7 Keith Combs            5 19- 8 5 14- 9 10 34- 1
8 Todd Faircloth         5 23-10 5 10- 5 10 33-15
9 Casey Ashley          5 20- 9 5 12- 3 10 32-12
10 Jared Lintner          5 20- 9 5 11- 9 10 32- 2
11 Brent Chapman      5 25- 4 5 6-14 10 32- 2
12 Fred Roumbanis    5 15-10 5 16- 3 10 31-13
13 Kelly Jordon          5 15-10 5 16- 1 10 31-11
14 John Crews            5 21- 3 5 10- 3 10 31- 6
15 Cliff Crochet          5 13-11 5 16- 2 10 29-13
16 Timmy Horton       5 22- 4 5 6-11 10 28-15
17 Bobby Lane           5 18- 4 5 10- 9 10 28-13
18 Greg Vinson           5 14- 4 5 14- 6 10 28-10
19 Dustin Wilks         5 18- 7 5 9- 5 10 27-12
20 Russell Parrish      5 12- 7 5 15- 0 10 27- 7
21 David Walker        5 11-14 5 15- 9 10 27- 7
22 Gary Klein              5 16-14 5 10- 1 10 26-15
23 Dean Rojas            5 16- 7 5 10- 0 10 26- 7
24 Clark Reehm          5 20-10 3 5- 8 8 26- 2
25 Paul Elias               5 18- 4 5 7-13 10 26- 1